- 1. Overview on Microsoft Exchange
2. Evolution of Microsoft Exchange Exchange server 4.0 Exchange
Server 5.0 Exchange Server 5.5 Exchange 2000 Server Exchange 2003
Server Exchange 2007 Server Exchange 2010 Server And Exchange 2013
Server 3. This is the First version introduced in 1996 and measure
breakthrough for Microsoft. This version were install on Windows NT
Server 3.51 In 1996, the Internet was just opening up to the
public. One of the real Applications that took the advantage of the
Internet was the MS Exchange Server 4.0 Organizations were able to
connect their Exchange 4.0 Server to the internet and Users able to
send and receive mail easily to anyone else with internetconnected
email system. Earlier Microsoft were having mailing system name MS
mail 3.0 which worked on scheduled basis and for that need to
create dial up connections. In Exchange 4.0 server had a persistent
or always on connection with the help of ISDN or Frame Relay
Network connection to the internet. Exchange Server 4.0 4. This
version came out in 1997 and were installed on OS Windows NT 4.0
Supported the First Outlook version, which was came up with MS
office 97. Exchange server 5.0 tied email, Calendaring and Address
Books all together. Microsoft also released the First version of
Outlook Web Access (OWA). Exchange Server 5.0 5. This version
significantly better integration occurred between email, Calendar,
contacts, and tasks. Enterprise Edition of Exchange server 5.5 that
provided more than 16GB of data storage, which was very high data
storage in that period. In this OWA was improved to provide a
faster and easier-to-use web client. Also this version is the
testing ground of Active Directory, which was introduced with
Windows server 2000. and They First introduce Directory service
with this Exchange Server 5.5 version. Exchange Server 5.5 6. Base
or require OS is Windows 2000 server to run this version. Used
Active Directory for the Global Address Book (GAL). (Earlier
version of Exchange, both Windows and Exchange systems store user
information in different database) Exchange server access the users
from directory, and integrate with users mailbox. Exchange server
2000 also introduced Active x in OWA client, which performs Drag
and drop in OWA. Exchange Server 2000 7. It is the major update to
the Exchange server messaging system Exchange server 2003 and
Active Directory 2003 provided a more reliable experience, better
performance, and integration support between Exchange server and
AD. Added Mobility access feature for users to synchronize their
Mobile Devices to Exchange server. Mirroring in the OWA interface
with the normal Microsoft office Outlook Desktop client, So users
can operate easily. Windows Server 2003 introduced Clustering
service, which helps to MS Exchange server 2003, and also support
Active- Active and Active-Passive clustering. Exchange Server 2003
8. Direct push for Mobile devices It pushes messages to mobile
devices, which prevent constant pulling by the Mobile devices.
Earlier mobile devices are continuously connected to exchange
server and checking the new mails in mailbox and if, new mails come
then devices downloading the mails. Volume Shadow Copy service It
enable improved backup and restore capabilities, thereby reducing
the impact to users and increasing system availability. Recovery
Storage Group Recover entire storage groups, databases, or
individual mailboxes while minimizing impact to your users.
Exchange Server 2003 Features 9. The Roles in Exchange 2003 2 roles
(Front-End & Back-End) Front-End Server purpose to serve OWA
& IMAP/POP3 Users who are trying to connect Mailbox Back-End
Server provides access to SMTP & Mailbox Database to users
Primary Purpose of front-end is for clients with large amount of
OWA users. Or clients with multiple Back- Ends in different offices
to maintain quality OWA performance. 10. Network Design for Roles
in Exchange 2003 Front-End & Back-End Environments 11. Exchange
2003 Management Standard vs. Enterprise Edition 12. Introduce 5
Roles and discontinued the Back-End and Front-End concept.
Eliminated concept of Routing Groups and used Active Directory
Sites and Services to move email from one site to another and route
as Active Directory replication. Exchange Ant spam Introduction of
Continuous Replication (CR) If the Primary database failed, the
Secondary copy of the Database automatically came online within
20-30 seconds, the outlook users will reconnect to the new server
automatically, and the user never knew that the primary Exchange
server had failed. Exchange 2007 Server 13. Types of Clustering in
Exchange 2007 Single Copy Cluster (SCC) Local Continuous
Replication (LCR) Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) Standby
Continuous Replication (SCR) Exchange Management Shell Built upon
new command line PowerShell technology from Windows Enables the
same operations that are in Exchange Server 2007 EMC GUI at the
Command Line Supports automation and bulk operations Exchange
Management Console Transport rules Exchange 2007 Server 14.
Improved Exchange Management Console Exchange Server 2003 Exchange
Server 2007 15. Exchange 2007 Server Roles Perimeter Intranet All
runs on Domain basedMust be run on a workgroup based 16. Mailbox
used for storing end users mails and public folders data. Hub
Transport handles mail routing to next hop and Filters e-mail
between mailboxes, even if they reside on the same server. Client
Access provides the other mailbox server protocol access apart from
MAPI. Similar to Exchange 2003 Frontend server, it enables user to
use an Internet browser (OWA), 3rd party mail client (POP3/IMAP4)
and mobile device (ActiveSync) to access their mailbox. Edge
Transport perimeter mail gateway server for hygiene and security
(Filters Inbound/ Outbound traffic). Unified Messaging enables end
users to access their mailbox, address book, & calendar using
telephone & voice. Exchange 2007 Server Roles Responsibilities
17. Role Based Server Configurations Five server roles Server roles
chosen at install Automated Server install (Exchange Management
Shell) 18. Role Based Access Control (RBAC) Delegation of Exchange
server responsibility and permission to Administrators and users.
User can manage and set permission on his account through Self-
service Web Based management and you can access this from anywhere
as it is Web based. Introduction of Database Availability Group
(DAG) It is New Continuous backup and replication technology that
effectively allows Exchange server to now joined up to 16 Servers
to DAG with maximum 100 Mailbox database. Integrated Archiving and
Retention Users can archive the old mails which they are accessing
rarely into archive folders. Users can specify that mails can store
or not in mailbox by tagging, with the help of retention. Exchange
2010 Server 19. Allows for improvements in client access and
limited end-user disruption during mailbox moves and maintenance.
Edge Transport and Hub Transport server keeping Shadow copies of
mails while transporting. It will use in feature, if any server
hardware got failure and after that once the server will up it will
re-sent those mails which was not during the failure. Exchange 2010
Server 20. Evolution of Server Roles in Exchange 2013 21. Exchange
Admin Center Data Loss Prevention Integration with SharePoint and
Lync Built in Anti-malware Improvement setups Office 365
Environment Apps for Microsoft Office are available for both the
Outlook application and OWA Exchange 2013 Server Features
